wifferdill
English
Alternative forms
- whifferdill
Noun
wifferdill (plural wifferdills)
- (aviation) An aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its direction of travel.
- 2003, Dik Alan Daso, Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary, →ISBN, p. 20.
- Doolittle executed a grand wifferdill—rapidly climbing to exchange airspeed for altitude—after completing the course, then a perfect landing.
- 2003, Dik Alan Daso, Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary, →ISBN, p. 20.